Club Expo
by Levi Gagliano
Club Expo took place at Fresno High School on August 29, 2023. It happens yearly and even sometimes twice. This where any student at the school can come out and introduce themselves to promote their clubs to one another. It is a great way to make friends and get outside. There are all sorts of clubs there, ones about reading, games, music, and crafts! Hundreds of kids attend and so many of them create lasting friendships.
Zine Club
by Cadence Allen
“Come to Zine Club where you can make mass produced mini magazines about anything you want including art, politics, and information,” explained President Nathaniel Mortimer. Zines allow students to express themselves and are traded at the Zine Fest at the end of the school year. There is also a competition at the end of the year for who made the best zine for each genre. The club is in N20, and Ms. Anoush Ekparian is the advisor. Meetings are held twice a month on every other Friday and start on September 1st. Zines can be created on paper or digitally. Any other questions can be answered by Cadence Allen, the vice president.
Science Fair Club
by Kiana Jones
The Science Fair Club is advised by Mrs. Reed, the Environmental Systems teacher. The club meets on Tuesdays in S-70 during lunch. The Science Fair is for all students who enjoy and want to participate in science activities and labs. Students will conduct a lab of their choosing, which they will have to document on a display board. This group presents these labs at Open House to families, peers and faculty. Science Fair entries are judged by a panel of science teachers. If interested, head over to S-70 and talk with Mrs. Reed.
Drama Club
By Jeremiah Gomez
It’s time for another year of Drama Club here at Fresno High. Once again, The Drama Club will put on plays for Fresno High. The Fresno High Drama Club welcomes anyone who wants to join in the events they have planned this school year. Their supervisor is Ms. Julie Pullinger. Right now, they have meetings every Monday at lunch in C20. They plan to put together two performances every school year as they want to put together the best shows possible and entertain people. They want people to join Drama Club because it’s fun and they want to represent Fresno High well. To them, the best thing about the organization is how diverse everyone is. No matter who you are, you will have a friend in Drama Club
Asian Club+
by Elizabeth Hernandez
Asian Club+ is about the Asian American students being able to get together and share each other’s cultures. Asian Club+ has many events and all students are welcome to join. In this club, they do fundraisers like selling food to teachers, designing t-shirts, boba shop orders, and many more. Asian Club+ also uses the month of May to show A’ANAAPISI. They do many events for the month of May, such as dress up in their cultural clothing, talk about their culture, give out some snacks and sweets for others to try, as well as Hmong dancing and new Lao dancing. This year, they are hopeful to include poems, stories and more! Asian Club+ is also going to be more active in the school rallies, assemblies and activities etc. Asian Club+ is run by Mr. Thao in S205., and they have meetings on Wednesdays during lunch! Everyone is Invited!
Latino Interact
by Ian Owdom
Out on the South Side of Fresno High next to the CTE building is where the Latino Interact recruitment station stood. Latino Interact is a club that meets on Tuesdays during lunch in room S74. Jourdan Samoura of the club said, “It’s really about spreading the culture and educating the masses.” Club treasurer Miles Le shared, “We really love to bring the community together by giving back.” He went on to explain how the club gives scholarships to long-term members to help support them through college. The club raises money by cooking and selling food to teachers and staff members all around campus. Of course, the food sold is Mexican cuisine. “The club is all about friendship and meeting new people,” Leslie Solis explained.
Folklorico
By: Betzabel Macedo
Folklorico’s mission is to express and support their culture through dance on campus. Folklorico is open to anyone and everyone, all a student must do is show up to practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Practice occurs in the Fresno High Royce Hall Auditorium with Senora Rose Marie Pantoja, who is the director of the club. The dance group is a great way to make new friends, spend time after school, and it looks great on college applications.
Musician’s Club
By Rey Montano
The Musician’s Club, managed by Ms. Ekperian, is a club centered around instruments of all kinds, including guitar, drums, bass, keyboards, and ukeleles. It takes place every Friday in N-20 for the purpose of nurturing musical creativity in students who choose to attend. The club is open-door, meaning anyone can come in, even if you don’t play an instrument, and just have an interest in listening or learning. The club is a great opportunity for musicians to connect, interact, and jam out.
Gardening Club
by Sonny Mora
Ms. Salazar is the main sponsor of the Gardening Club. She enjoys gardening at school and home, growing tons of plants. The meetings are either at S31 in her classroom or the garden at the pool side and gate. Ms. Salazar says she enjoys gardening and passing it onto students. Also, she wants students to be hands on growing food and having some for themselves or to share. In 2022, Beautify Fresno showed up and built the garden for the club. So, without Beautify Fresno there would not have a Garden Club.
Mud Club
by Angel Arteaga
On August 29, 2023, Fresno High School held their Club Expo during lunch where a variety of clubs came out today looking to meet new faces and welcome potential new members. Jasmin Infante is a Mud Club member. She says she joined the club because she really likes ceramics. She also shared that the club in the past has collaborated with the Fresno City College to decorate trash cans around their campus. This club is based on all things ceramics. Here they make many pieces of art such as sculptures, pots, bowls, cups, magnets and so forth. Along with creating such amazing pieces of art, they go and sell it at the Fresno High Flee Market. The Mud Club was originally formed as a fundraiser to create and sell pieces of their art for field trips for the students they were able to go to an art museum.
e-Sports
by Maya Tafolla
The E-Sports Club at Fresno High is a part of FUeL (Fresno Unified eSports League) and is sponsored by Mr. Felton in S-14. The club was first started in 2019 because of eSports popularity. Currently, students in the club are playing Overwatch, but other games like Rocket League and League of Legends can be played. In this club, students play video games against other schools to win prizes, such as monitors, keyboards and even scholarships. The club meets weekly during lunch, dates change but it is usually on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Beautify Fresno
by Joshua Butz
Ms. Anthony is the supervisor for the Beautify Fresno Club, which meets in S50 every Tuesday at lunchtime. The club’s next event is on November 4th, which is considered a “youth service.” The last three years, Fresno High has had the more volunteers for Youth Service Day than any other high school. Youth Service Day was started by the city of Fresno. Ms. Anthony said, “We want to honor Mayor Dyer’s challenge to Fresno.” The club’s goal is to give people pride in where they live and work, and everyone benefits from it. They have beautified Fresno by doing a mural at a new park, and they also do many clean ups, and paint address numbers.